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China on Sunday claimed 25 of the 30 news coronavirus cases it confirmed were imported.

China’s National Health Commission said the five locally transmitted cases were reported from the southeastern province of Guangdong.

In a statement, the commission said three deaths were reported on Saturday from Hubei province, the capital of which is Wuhan, initially at the center of the global coronavirus outbreak.

“Hubei reported no new cases of confirmed infections, no new cases of suspected infections, and 3 deaths.”

China’s total number of confirmed coronavirus cases stands at 81,669, with the death toll at 3,329.

Some 76,964 people

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